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June 2026 1 events
06/07–06/07
Festival Chugoku
Mibu Rice Planting Festival
Rice paddies of Mibu, Kitahiroshima, Yamagata District, Hiroshima
Here, planting rice becomes performance. In a mountain village in Hiroshima, on the first Sunday of June, oxen adorned w
October 2026 1 events
10/14–10/17
Festival Chugoku
Saijo Festival
Isono Shrine and others, Saijo, Ehime
In the autumn, ornate floats wade into a river. Saijo's festival fields more than a hundred floats, called danjiri, and
October 2028 1 events
10/01–11/24
Gathering Chugoku
Okayama Art Summit
Around Okayama Castle and Korakuen Garden, Kita-ku, Okayama
A castle town becomes, entirely, a museum. In Okayama City, a city-based art festival is held once every three years. Th
May 2026 1 events
05/01–05/05
Market Chugoku
Hagi Pottery Festival
Hagi Civic Gymnasium and around, Hagi, Yamaguchi
A vessel whose face changes the more you use it. Hagi in Yamaguchi is the home of Hagi ware, long loved by tea masters,
Year-round
Daily
Festival Chugoku
Iwami Kagura
Across the Iwami region of western Shimane (Hamada, Masuda, Oda and others)
Serpents writhe across the entire stage. In the Iwami region of western Shimane, performers in dazzling masks and embroi
Every 1th Sun
Market Chugoku
Kurashiki Tenryo Morning Market
Around the Kurashiki Bikan Historical Quarter, Honmachi, Kurashiki, Okayama
In a town of white walls, a morning market sets up. Kurashiki in Okayama prospered in the Edo period as a tenryo, a terr
Daily
Workshop Chugoku
Hagi Ware Climbing Kiln Experience
Hagi, Yamaguchi
One of the vessels most loved by tea masters. Hagi in Yamaguchi is the home of Hagi ware, long held in high regard in th